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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1942)
Bronze Beauties Hail VO Spring Sunshine Sun bathing—it’s a perennial event on the University of Oregon campus. Already complexion-sensitive coeds have be gun to complain of peeling ncses and rosier-than-rouge cheeks. For each year when fair Spring starts to bestow her first feeble sun rays on Oregon’s green lawns and (more important) gray roofs, husky fellows and pretty girls shed a few articles O L. V_. UUVOIUC LVA bask. Between the Phi Delt and the Kappa house there is a garage. And this is not an ordinary struc ture—no indeed. For a cluster of i#.g-limbed girls with flying hair may be seen there almost any afternoon now in shorts and bathing suits, waiting for Old Sol to present them with a layer of golden brown. “Outdoor Men” And, not too many feet away, the flat south room of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house holds a bevy of slowly-bronzed supermen. Clad in trunks, the lounging lads turn this way and that to exhibit their bare torsos to passersby, carry on mock wrestling matches for all to see. Boots are taken outside—yes— but only- to prop masculine heads up at an angle to better benefit from the sun. “Self-styled out door men,” the fellows have been called. One of them was mistaken for a Comanche the other day. Radios blast forth the newest hit tunes on a roof outside the lounge of the Pi Phi house. Co eds mingle talk and laughter with the swing, read magazines, enjoy themselves thoroughly. Spring needs only to whisper a warning around the comer of McArthur court and these young dryads scoot through the upstairs win dows to the roof. “Roof Natives” ^ The sun bathing roof of the Phi Gamma Deltas can be viewed from Kincaid street. And the Thetas, Chi Omegas, and Delta Gammas can be viewed strolling to classes by the Phi Gamma Del tas. Above the flat ceiling of a sleeping porch the Fijis enjoy card games, mostly spend the warm hours in sleep and obser vation. And to see them one would think the fellows natives of South Sea islands. Oh many are the houses, the backyards, the roofs where these children of Apollo hie themselves c?me early golden afternoons. And many are the moans, groans, and slatherings of creams which result. Like cooked lobsters, those with tender flesh become livid; unlike the sea creatures they may fade to light toast-color. The invention of ultra-violet rays was not overly appreciated by such students. They like the colors of nature, tan especially. Pease Still 'Safe' According to a letter received by friends on the campus, Bill Pease, graduate of 1939 is safe, “somewhere on the Pacific.” Pease, who graduated from the School of journalism, recently left his position as editor of the Oregon Motorist in Portland and enlisted in the navy for active duty. Colgate university students picked Veronica Lake, screen ac tress, as honorary queen of their winter party, describing her as “an ocean of emotion, not a lake.” Does MacArthur Offer (Continued from page two) people that if they followed out his suggestions of national de fense the Philippine island could become impregnable. Mac Ar thur’s plans were carried out rather well and still the islands surrendered. After the Battle In following through on Mac Arthur’s speeches, the defense plans made in the Philippines and pre-war promises, one can't help but wonder what the estimate of the brilliant leader will be when the heat of the battle has cleared away and the public is made aware of the actual conditions. A comforting thought may be that without exception the general has been considered to be one of the most brilliant and able men in the history of the American army. While MacArthur is strength ening and directing the Austra lian war front the Japanese have described a protective arc and ac cording to Prime Minister Win ston Churchill, the enemy has at least three battleships, including one of 32,700 tons mounting 16 inch guns, along with five air craft carriers, a number of light and heavy cruisers and several destroyer flotillas operating at the front door to India. Churchill No Help { The British naval strength is | thinly spread throughout the j world and whether the navy would meet the Japanese chal lenge was left unanswered by Churchill or reports from India. The gravity of the situation was emphasized' by the Prime Minis ter and observers believe there was a suggestion that the United States fleet would be needed to meet the foe. I While the Japanese are assem- I bling their forces at the front door of India, 'the Russian bear suddenly stands on his hind feet ( and warns the Nipponese about “blabbering” over the Siberian land. The sharp warning in the editorial columns of the official communist organ, Pravda, came at a time when the Japanese am bassador to Russia was present ing his credentials to the govern ment, and on the first anniver sary of the Japanese-Russian neu trality pact. The story may be played up much beyond its actual worth because the Allied nations would give their eye teeth to have a Japanese-Russian break and throw the Vladivostok bases open for possible Allied use. As the ice melts into the sea we will know. Grad Teaches Health Miss Ellen E. Stadius, R.N., graduate of the Portland Medical school, is teaching a class in home nursing in Klamath Falls, the extension division announced Monday. Miss Stadius has been connected with the Klamath county public health unit and the class has been opened in con nection with it and the Red Cross. 828 Willamette St. Phone. 3428 Phipps Sets Committees For Law Fete Starting gun on the renowned aw school weekend set for April 25, sounded Tuesday by Charles A. Phipps, law school student )ody president, as he appointed aid Lucky general chairman. Also lamed were subordinate commit eemen who will vie to make heir particular section the most 'xciting and revolutionary of all ime. In charge of the coronation vill be John L. Luvaas and Leon ird Colwell. Parade organization ind selection of a route will be landled by Norman J. Wiener. Dale Helikson and Hull Phillips vill contract a band. Other Members Other committee members in clude carriages—Leon F. Olm itead, Frank Nieldrum, and Mil er Olesen; caps and signs Rob ;rt Carmichael, Leroy Elliot, and foe Floyd Walker; ball game— :oach; Gene Brown, playing as iistant; Don Walker, administra ;ive assistant in charge of chal enge and arrangements, Irvin Aneoln Mann, Jr.; cheer leaders —Jeanette Hafner and Mary lane Wormser; refreshments— Jecil Wright and Morell E. sharp. Picnic—William D. MacGibbon ind Jerry Thompson; refresh nents—Cecil Wright (ex officio). Oregon Mothers’ Club Elects at Final Meeting Final meeting of the year for the University of Oregon Moth- * ers' club is at Gerlinger at 3 p.m. today. Election of officers will be held, with Mrs. Harry H. Hobbs, Mrs. Harold R. Crosland, Mrs. J. A. Plummer making up the nominating committee to make a report. Mrs. F. T. Findt ner is the retiring president. A program, including vocal and instrumental music, is being arranged by Mrs. J. F. Cramer, with Miss Elizabeth Walker tak ing charge. Tea will be served. Df. Staples to Attend Geological Meeting Dr. Lloyd W. Staples, assist ant professor of geology, will leave Eugene Wednesday to at tend the meeting of the Geolog ical society, Cordilleran section, to be held on the campus of the California Institute of Technol ogy, Pasadena, April 17 and 18-. Dr. Staples will present a pa per on scientific work in connec tion with geology and exploration for quicksilver. He wall also con tribute to a symposium on ge ology in relation to the war ef fort. Dr. Staples plans to return to the campus Monday, April 20. Kenneth Shetterly, and Brad Fancher; publicity — Philip B. Lowry, Walker Treece and Carl ton Ft. Reiter. • Now —- more than ever before — those railroad warning signs should be rigidly observed, night and day. A fleet of powerful Union Pacific locomotives are hauling precious cargoes over the Strategic Middle Route, connecting the East with the West. Rolling over the rails are shipments of materials for armament plants, trainloads of troops and supplies. They must go through without delay. America's welfare — and your welfare — are at stake. Please, then, be extremely careful when approaching rail road crossings. In that way — you, too, can help. For information concerning passenger anti freight transportation, address H, E. Lounsbury, Traffice Manager, 751 Pittock Block, Portland. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD *Ute SbuU&jic Middle Route Tasty Twisties Sale Swinging Into Second Day Not trying- to swing the vote, or influence the outcome of the election in any way, were Phi Theta twisty salesmen stationed at the polls yesterday, according to Adele Canada., chairman of the drive. Today, opening the second' day of the sale, twisty salesmen are still hard at work stationed at the libe, co-op, Side, law school, and Oregon. In charge of deliveries is Mar cella Glover; house sales, Lois Bechdolt; and tables and posters, Mary-Ellen Smith. More than 1,000 high school seniors throughout the country took recent examinations ior: University of Chicago scholar ships. i i DON'T MISS! Marlene Dietrich Fred MacMurray in THE LADY IS WILLING' Also DONALD DUCK! CARTOON SIP-ROARING FUN! Abbott & Costello in 'RIDE 'EM COWBOY' CLASSIFIED ADS READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion L’c per word. Subsequent insertions Ic per word* DISPLAY ADS Flat rate 37c column inch Frequency rate (entire term) : 36c per column inch one timii e week, i S4c per column inch twice or wiry* a week. Ads will be taken over the telephone ox> a charpe basis if the advertiser -fj ». bubecriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have cieut remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions.^ Ada must be in Emerald business r.jffUn no later than 6 p.m. prior to the tifcy * of insertion. • Lost ON 13th street, a small black key ease, with one snap. Re turn to Evelyn D. Jchncox', Susan Campbell hall. 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